Garter.



P. ESEIFFERT.

GARTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1908.

' 915,228, PatentedMar. I6, 1909.

Quwnfoz PAUL EARNEST SEIFFERT, OF QHIQAGO, ILLIN 01S ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO BENJAli-illi FRANKLIN GUENTHER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL EAnNEsT SHIF- FERT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garters,of which the following is a specification.

The use of the ordinary form of garter with short hose or socks, inwhich one end secured to'the hose, and its up of the' garter is attachedto the sock and the body of the garter encircles the limb, is attendedwith certain objectionable features which it is the object of myimproved form of garter to obviate.

1n the present form of garter the portion which encircles the limbconstricts the same and causes impairment of the circulation therein.When such form of garter is wornwith short or knee drawers the garter isclasped about the bare flesh and is affected" by t is perspiration,causing the material to deteriorate, and to lose its elasticity.

My invention has for its object the provi-. sion of a garter which willbe free fromthe defects recited, and which has its lower end er end provided with means for attaching it to the suspender or other portion ofthe a parel of the wearer at the waist line, whereby the body of thegarter'extends in an-approximately straight line between the points ofattachment and no ortion of the body of the wearer is encirc ed thereby.

A further advantage of my improved form of garter is that the garter isout of contact With the flesh-and is fects of perspiration t ereon.

With these objects in view my improvement consists of the variousfeatures of construction in the relation hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention in which likenumerical desig nations are employed to indicate the same parts whereverthey occur, Figure 1 is a side.

elevation, partly broken away, and showing the device in position; Fig.2 is a perspective view of the garter, and Fig. 3 is a detail verticalsection of the upper securing means.

' 1. represents the lower section of the garter made from elasticmaterial and rovided at its lower end with the stud 2 an sock being 7confined between the same whereby the lower end of the garter is reSpecification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 14, 1908. SerialN 0.. 432,840.

protected from the cf 1 garter is preserved and the clip 3 with whichthe same engages, the edge of the Patented March 16, 1909.

movably secured to the sock in the usual manner. Any preferred form offastening may be employed, same constituting no part of my invention.The upper end of the lower section 1 is carried vthrough a ring 4 andadjacent thereto is provided with a clasp or slide 5 by the movement ofwhich the section 1 is lengthened or shortened in the usual manner.

6 designates the up er section of the garter which is preferab y made ofinelastic material and the lower end of which is secured to the ring 4adjacent to which end it is provided with the slide 7. Near its upperend this section 6 is doubled back upon itself forming a looped section8, and

at the pointof junction of the-ends of such Y of what is known as safetychain and to the outer link of same is attached a small ring 12 carryingabar 18. The lower end-of section 1 of the garter being secured to thesock by means of the stud 2 and clip 3 the upper end of the section 6 isconnected to any convenient part of the apparel at the waist line ofthewearer; either the suspender or. any other convenient oint ofconnection, the. bar 13 being readi y connected and disconnected.

It will be noted that the lower section 1 being made from elasticmaterial the garter will give with the movements of the wearer.

Also that no portion of the garter passes around the limbs, whereby allconstriction and impairment of circulation is avoided. At the same timethe material forming the usefulness of the device prolonged.

I realize that considerable variation is possible Shedetails ofconstruction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spiritof my invention, and I therefore do not intend to limit myself to thespecific form shown and describedexcept as limited by the appendedclaim.

I claim: i

A supporter for socks or short hosecome rising a lower elastic sectionprovided its lower end with means for attaching it vto the sqck, van upper' inelastic sectionlaoped. .In tesfiiincny wne1 'of I afiix mysignature a t its upperreni a ring connecting the two inpresence of twowltnessesi sccticns, slides on the sections for adjustin v. the iengththereof,- and means connected wit I .EARNEST SEIFFERT the looped ortionOff the upper sccticn fpr" Witnesses;

mjtaching t e supporter at: the-waist h'ne OLVER EDER, cf thdwearer. E.QWILSQN.

